Mental Health Public Health
By Day 7 of Week 9, submit an 8- to 10-page research policy brief that synthesizes the following:
- Title page and Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Part 1: Introduction
- Identify your audience
- Articulate the public health issue
- Provide evidence that justifies this as a public health issue
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- Identify the level of interest
- Describe the population(s) affected
- Part 2: Multidisciplinary Impacts
- Laws and policies
- Epidemiology and medicine
- Economics
- Politics
- Ethics
- Part 3: Analysis and Recommendations
- Explain how current policy could be adapted (or new policy created) to address the public health issue
- Critique the merits of current interventions
- Propose and support an alternative intervention
- Explain limitations to your recommendations
- Part 4: Conclusion
- Explain the need for the audience to address the public health problem
- Reiterate the action you want the audience to take
- APA reference page
Reference the scholarly articles that you used in your policy brief.